Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds
Is the anticlimactic ending of UFC 71 much different than Tyson's 91 second fight w/ Spinks?...The spinks fight I'd say was even more built up. its fighting anyway, there is always the potential for first round KOs or long snore fests..lets be honest when you are talking about two fighters who hit like mules, are perfectly willing to stand and trade and wear 4 oz gloves is anyone really suprised with the ending...The margin for error in MMA is much smaller than boxing..smaller gloves, no standing eight count, if you get rocked it is much harder to survive the round than in boxing.
There's plenty of differences between tyson and that ufc 71 farce. First of all they didn't dance and then the fight was over when the first exchange hapened. There were plenty of exchanges going into the ko. Secondly i'm sure everyone expected and hyped up tyson to win as he was the face of boxing by that time. If spinks would've upset tyson while tyson was the face of the sport in lame fashion it would've been a huge blow to boxing.

Ufc is no different from a street fight. a street fight can end on one lucky punch. These "trained" fighters get 6 digit paychecks and their work is usually done in under 5 minutes. I don't see dana white handing out paychecks to everyone who gets in a moderately entertaining street fight. Quit trying to glamorize a pussified street fight as an actual sport. Either enter a real sport (boxing or the others i've listed) or make your money on the street illegally don't try and market this pussy shit you call mma as a legitimate sport. Kickboxing is a sport. Boxing is a sport. Wrestling (collegiate) is a sport. Practicing and competing in various forms of respective martial arts is a sport (karate, tae kwon do, muai thai, jui jitsu etc.) Putting them all together is not a sport.